On Wednesday evening in Salt Lake City, Utah, Backlund will play his 1,000th National Hockey League regular season game. He’ll be the 397th player overall to complete that feat – 19th from ...

Mikael Backlund is the longest tenured member of the Calgary Flames, but now, the team have been urged to trade him late in ...

Mikael Backlund never envisioned reaching 1,000 games early in his NHL career.. In fact, the Calgary Flames captain wasn't sure he'd be sticking around long enough when injuries, adversity and ...

Mikael Backlund wasn’t bad enough to the point of sitting as a healthy scratch last season, but he wasn’t as far off as you may think. Though things with ...

March 14 - Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund is week-to-week with an upper-body injury, the team announced Friday. The 35-year-old forward has appeared in all 64 games this season, totaling ...

Mikael Backlund’s friends weren’t going to let thousands of miles stop them from seeing their best friend’s 1,000th NHL game.. The Calgary Flames captain’s best friends from Sweden flew to ...

The NHL announced that captain Mikael Backlund was named to the Calgary Flames Quarter-Century Second Team. Here's a look back at his career in red.

Captain Mikael Backlund had a goal and assist to lead the Calgary Flames to a gritty 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. Latest U.S.

Mikael Backlund was front and centre for Monday’s team photo at the Saddledome, flashing a wide grin as the shutter clicked. There will be a lot of smiles Tuesday if the Calgary Flames ...

Backlund produced a goal and an assist in Monday's 3-1 win over the Kings. The 35-year-old center opened the scoring midway through the second period en route to his first multi-point performance ...

Backlund scored a goal on three shots, dished an assist and went plus-2 in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Kings. Backlund's pair of points came in the third period. He set up a Zayne Parekh tally at ...

Captain Mikael Backlund had a goal and assist to lead the Calgary Flames to a gritty 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. my favs. Access and manage your favorites here ...